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Direct linkShaw, Kathleen M.; Goldrick-Rab, Sara; Mazzeo, Christopher; Jacobs, Jerry – Russell Sage Foundation, 2006
Today, a college education is increasingly viewed as the gateway to the American Dream--a necessary prerequisite for social mobility. Yet recent policy reforms in the United States effectively steer former welfare recipients away from an education that could further their career prospects, forcing them directly into the workforce where they often…
Descriptors: Economically Disadvantaged, Global Approach, Democratic Values, Social Mobility
Kincheloe, Joe L. – 1995
In this book, the need to reform schools and integrate vocational and academic education is examined in the context of the political dynamics that connect schools and the economic system. Throughout the book's 12 chapters, it is argued that integrating academic and vocational education is a better way of educating students and alerting them to the…
Descriptors: Academic Education, Critical Theory, Curriculum Development, Democratic Values
